Dayton Valley Golf Club
About
Dayton Valley Golf Club is an Arnold Palmer Signature design that has been a PGA Tour Qualifier course since 1995, making it the longest standing site in the country. The course is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains and stretches across the valley below. The rolling, links-style layout features sculpted fairways and large, undulating greens. You may find yourself faced with a tough lie even after a good shot. It's a challenging test with plenty of water and strategically placed bunkers coming into play throughout. Careful shot placement is especially important on the water holes at Dayton Valley G.C. The most difficult hole on the golf course is the par-4 ninth. It's a lengthy dogleg left with water down along the entire left side of the fairway and short and right of the green. On your approach, hitting left of the green you'll find heavy rough or pot bunkers.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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| Tournament | 72 | 7218 yards | 74.0 | 131 |
| Championship | 72 | 6637 yards | 71.4 | 129 |
| Regular | 72 | 5897 yards | 67.9 | 115 |
| Senior | 72 | 5161 yards | 63.8 | 107 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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| Black M: 73.4/131 | 422 | 403 | 505 | 177 | 425 | 179 | 425 | 529 | 450 | 3515 | 394 | 546 | 420 | 219 | 453 | 422 | 234 | 478 | 537 | 3703 | 7218 |
| Blue M: 70.9/128 W: 76.9/139 | 358 | 372 | 484 | 154 | 397 | 163 | 395 | 491 | 380 | 3194 | 378 | 513 | 395 | 186 | 412 | 368 | 223 | 451 | 517 | 3443 | 6637 |
| Blue/White M: 69.3/125 | 358 | 351 | 484 | 154 | 365 | 163 | 343 | 491 | 380 | 3089 | 378 | 513 | 345 | 155 | 315 | 368 | 162 | 415 | 517 | 3168 | 6257 |
| White M: 66.9/114 W: 72.9/130 | 307 | 351 | 441 | 144 | 365 | 132 | 343 | 455 | 358 | 2896 | 343 | 475 | 345 | 155 | 315 | 323 | 162 | 415 | 468 | 3001 | 5897 |
| Combo W: 71.2/129 | 307 | 351 | 441 | 144 | 365 | 113 | 343 | 402 | 336 | 2802 | 343 | 417 | 323 | 139 | 315 | 323 | 112 | 371 | 418 | 2761 | 5563 |
| Silver M: 63.9/108 W: 69.0/123 | 276 | 316 | 352 | 131 | 310 | 113 | 303 | 402 | 336 | 2539 | 302 | 417 | 323 | 139 | 267 | 294 | 112 | 371 | 397 | 2622 | 5161 |
| Handicap | 13 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 |
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Photo submitted by null on 07/26/2025
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Photo submitted by null on 07/26/2025
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Photo submitted by DeathtoFishy1 on 07/13/2025
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Photo submitted by DeathtoFishy1 on 07/13/2025
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Photo submitted by DeathtoFishy1 on 07/13/2025
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Photo submitted by DeathtoFishy1 on 07/13/2025
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Photo submitted by PBrunson on 04/09/2024
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Is this what it should like? Photo submitted by 61iGZdduUeesO1VPbqtA on 12/06/2023
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Sundown in Dayton Photo submitted by opPbGBD03r4sAJqF24fE on 10/26/2023
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Photo submitted by PBrunson on 10/28/2021
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Photo submitted by u314160930676 on 08/10/2021
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Photo submitted by Braden1542410 on 05/10/2021
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Photo submitted by Johnsonsjitters on 07/26/2020
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View from the 1st tee Photo submitted by Cops1998 on 05/31/2017
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Looking at the 2nd green from the fairway Photo submitted by Cops1998 on 05/31/2017
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View from the 3rd tee Photo submitted by Cops1998 on 05/31/2017
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View from the 4th tee (slightly elevated box) Photo submitted by Cops1998 on 05/31/2017
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View from the 6th tee (what water?) Par 3 Photo submitted by Cops1998 on 05/31/2017
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View from the 6th green Photo submitted by Cops1998 on 05/31/2017
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Photo submitted by uUPNS8067UP on 05/28/2014
Needs Work
Greens were pretty good.
Tees were just ok
Sand traps were a mess and should be treated as ground under repair
Fairways were mostly awful
What’s happening at Dayton?
Lots of dry fairways much less plush than in the past. Doing drainage repairs?
Greens good.
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Fairways need work
Tee boxes, greens in great shape, but large parts of fairways either waterlogged or bare. Needs work.
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Disaster
Obviously this course has had some major irrigation issues and it’s basically unplayable at this time. Of course, everyone could understand unfortunate circumstances and irrigation issues at a golf course, but to charge the regular price without communicating with the guest the state of the course is unacceptable.
Thanks for the info as I always check recent reviews when coming out of town . Thanks again!
Course was Dry but still fun
The course was dryer than usual but with the heat wave I’m sure it’s hard to keep green! Always a beautiful course and greens were surprisingly slow too so was not the typical course conditions
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COULD BE BETTER
I was expecting a challenging layout, but did not expect as many water hazards. This is a links course, but there is enough mounding that the hazards are hidden unless you study the hole diagrams.
I was disappointed in the fairway conditions, as it seems they may have started watering too late to keep the fairways green in many areas. However, they are now over-watering as there is a lot of standing water on several fairways.
Nearby courses seem to be in much better general condition.
Would like to play the course again, if it is in better condition.
Needs water
Lot's of dry grass areas, this course is in bad need of water, many areas in fairways are going dead or are already gone, ordered food on 9 tee and still waited 15 minutes at turn for hot dogs, but at least they were very good, this was a premiere course not to long ago...what happened?
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What happened to Dayton Valley?
This course used to be one of our favorites! The layout is great and the course was challenging but fair. We are so sad to see what has happened. The fairways are in horrible shape with huge dry areas, dirt patches and weeds. Some tee boxes haven't been watered in weeks and are completely dead. Sand traps are rocky, weedy or filled with water. Even the areas around the clubhouse and along the course that used to be attractive and well kept are seriously neglected. Most of the greens were ok (only 3 and 13 had large dry areas). Some holes that used to be so charming are now really unattractive and almost unplayable (bad bunkers, bad rough, standing water ponds, etc.) - numbers 4, 7, 8 for example. It is such a a shame, as we LOVED this course - which makes it so much harder to see what has happened. The course needs some serious TLC. I hope that the owners plan a major investment to put the course back in the condition that it was in 5 years ago!
Very wet, a lot of the bunkers were flooded, the greens need some help
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We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Dayton Valley Golf Club!
Great course, needs some work.
I love this course. A number of bunkers were flooded and when not flooded they are pretty much gravel. A few dry spots, but overall a great place to play.
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We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Dayton Valley Golf Club!
Dayton Valley
Have played the course since it first opened and like the layout. Course was not in as good shape as usual and maintenance inside clubhouse has
Slacked off somewhat.
Nice Pace of Play
The course is in good shape, they just need to work a little bit in the bunkers, some of them are flooded a need real sand.
Overall 8 out of 10
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Good overall course - could be in better conditon
I liked the course overall, but was a little disappointed with the overall condition. Tons of weeds and even lost a ball in a greenside bunker because it was a lake that needed to be drained. It plays pretty open, but you do have home on both sides of you on a lot of holes. I would play there again, but will give other tracks a chance before I go back maybe in mid summer where the drainage is better.
Nice experience
Course is in decent condition, some greens were recovering from winter, several ares were over watered and really soggy.
Friendly staff, beautiful scenery.
Enjoy!
Thanks so much for the great review. We look forward to welcoming you back to our course soon. Thanks for choosing Dayton Valley Golf Club.
We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Dayton Valley Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
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